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ATI Radeon 3450 HD
PCMark Vantage
PCMark® Vantage is the first objective hardware performance benchmark for PCs running 32 and 64 bit versions of Microsoft® Windows Vista®. PCMark Vantage is perfectly suited for benchmarking any type of Microsoft® Windows Vista PC from multimedia home entertainment systems and laptops to dedicated workstations and hi-end gaming rigs. Regardless of whether the benchmarker is an artist or an IT Professional, PCMark Vantage shows the user where their system soars or falls flat, and how to get the most performance possible out of their hardware. PCMark Vantage is easy enough for even the most casual enthusiast to use yet supports in-depth, professional industry grade testing.
The overall score of the system didn't turn out too bad. But we need to take a look at just the GPU portion of the graphic part of the benchmark. Looking at gaming 1 and gaming 4, the GPU gaming performed at about 5.7 FPS, which is extremely low. Thus, the graphics card is not made for gaming, but more as a lo end for normal office use.
Windows Benchmark
The Windows® Experience Index is a new feature built into Windows Vista™. It is designed to help consumers understand how well Windows Vista and the software running on it will perform on a specific PC. The index achieves this by assessing the capability of the PC and assigning a score to it. Higher scores indicate a better Vista experience on your PC.
As you can see, the graphics card received a 3.6 and the gaming received a 3.9. Looking at the chart below, we see that with these scored it is just the minimum specifications needed to run all of windows latest features smoothly. Being rated at 3.9, it will perform the smoothly with all windows applications and work fine under normal use and light gaming. Unfortunately as you have seen on the gaming results, this card is not a high-end gaming card.
Base Score Level |
Applications and Scenarios |
Description |
1.0 – 1.9 |
Basic performance. Productivity applications, IM, web, email, simple games - like Solitaire, educational games. |
Minimum specification needed to run Windows Vista™. |
2.0 – 2.9 |
Improved responsiveness. Same applications as a base score of 1.0 – 1.9. |
PCs will run Windows Vista but in most cases will not be Aero capable. |
3.0-3.9 |
Aero graphics, Media Center with standard definition TV, basic graphical games, basic performance while running high-end graphical games. |
Minimum specification needed to run Windows Vista Premium features, including the new Aero user interface. |
4.0 – 4.9 |
Snappy performance, high definition video, high resolution monitors, dual monitors. |
Very good performing PCs. |
5.0 – 5.9 |
Fast moving games with amazingly rich graphics, 3D modeling, high-end multimedia and high performance applications. |
Top end of the PC market for the Vista time frame. |
CineBench R10
MAXON CINEBENCH runs several tests on your computer to measure the performance of the main processor and the graphics card under real world circumstances. The benchmark application makes use of up to 16 CPUs or CPU cores and is available for Windows (32-bit and 64-Bit) and Macintosh (PPC and Intel-based).
The score received by the benchmark is 2144 CB-GFX. Because we have not compiled a review of any other graphics card using this benchmark we cannot make a direct comparison to tell if this is good score or not.